republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-313.md

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Bill	Civil service: Limited Examination and Appointment Program.	Existing law creates the Department of Human Resources, which succeeds to and is vested with all of the powers and duties exercised and performed by the Department of Personnel Administration. Existing law specifically grants the department the powers, duties, and authority necessary to operate the state civil service system in accordance with Article VII of the California Constitution, the Government Code, the merit principle, and applicable rules duly adopted by the State Personnel Board. Existing law declares the policies of this state with regard to hiring individuals with a disability and prescribes responsibilities of the Department of Human Resources that relate to the representation of individuals with a disability in the state workforce, which include outlining specific actions to improve the representation of individuals with a disability in the state workforce. Existing law creates the Limited Examination and Appointment Program (LEAP) , which the Department of Human Resources administers, to provide an alternative to the traditional civil service examination and appointment process to facilitate the hiring of persons with disabilities. Existing law will repeal certain provisions of LEAP on January 1, 2022. Existing law provides that each state agency is responsible for an effective equal employment opportunity program and tasks the Department of Human Resources with the responsibility for the statewide advocacy, coordination, enforcement, and monitoring of these programs. Existing law requires each state agency to develop and implement an affirmative action employment plan for individuals with a disability, as specified, and requires that the plans be submitted to the Department of Human Resources each year.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 313	California AB 313 (20212022)	bill	Civil service: Limited Examination and Appointment Program.	enacted	Cristina Garcia	6	23	8	2021-01-25	2021-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/0977f05b-02f5-4267-ab98-577e918f3a51	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB313	0b0b767006184a115214703a2694f7bb2afcfbd6dbc53bf9fea20caff82c5ece	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 313 (20212022) — Civil service: Limited Examination and Appointment Program.

Existing law creates the Department of Human Resources, which succeeds to and is vested with all of the powers and duties exercised and performed by the Department of Personnel Administration. Existing law specifically grants the department the powers, duties, and authority necessary to operate the state civil service system in accordance with Article VII of the California Constitution, the Government Code, the merit principle, and applicable rules duly adopted by the State Personnel Board. Existing law declares the policies of this state with regard to hiring individuals with a disability and prescribes responsibilities of the Department of Human Resources that relate to the representation of individuals with a disability in the state workforce, which include outlining specific actions to improve the representation of individuals with a disability in the state workforce. Existing law creates the Limited Examination and Appointment Program (LEAP) , which the Department of Human Resources administers, to provide an alternative to the traditional civil service examination and appointment process to facilitate the hiring of persons with disabilities. Existing law will repeal certain provisions of LEAP on January 1, 2022. Existing law provides that each state agency is responsible for an effective equal employment opportunity program and tasks the Department of Human Resources with the responsibility for the statewide advocacy, coordination, enforcement, and monitoring of these programs. Existing law requires each state agency to develop and implement an affirmative action employment plan for individuals with a disability, as specified, and requires that the plans be submitted to the Department of Human Resources each year.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 01/25/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/05/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB313 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 313 Cristina Garcia Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB313 Cristina Garcia By Glazer — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 313 Cristina Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cristina Garcia — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-01-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-01-26 From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
• 2021-02-12 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2021-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-05-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1596.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2021-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2530.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2969.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2021-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 515, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0977f05b-02f5-4267-ab98-577e918f3a51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).